Projects

A while back, I was able to get a large tote full of fabric scraps and remnants for only $5.  The children's museum here in town closed down, and they had a huge sale to get rid of everything.  I got the fabric and a bunch of other great stuff for home and my classroom.
Anyway, I wasn't sure what to do with the fabric at first, but have discovered a few projects so far that used up some of it.  The first thing I made was some shade for our backyard.  We have a nice grassy yard, but not a single tree, plant, or bush to provide any kind of shade.  And if I want the boys to go out and play, then I wanted to provide them with a spot to sit and rest in.  So, I used some PVC pipe that we already had in the garage, and some pieces of the fabric, and voila! a fort just right for shading the kiddos!

My other project was new curtains for our bedroom.  The curtains that were up when we moved in have irritated my almost every night for the last year.  First of all they are very light colored and don't block out any light really.  At night this means I can see the stupid street lights shining in my room.  And they are on a tension rod mounted inside the window frame.  And when I say mounted, I mean they are crookedly hanging there waiting for Logan to pull them down.  Sooooo... I had enough of this wine colored floral fabric to whip out some panels.  Yep, I can sew (straight lines that is!).  Here is a before shot of the old curtains (sorry for the poor picture quality).

And here is the after, with the new curtains...

OK, so obviously neither of these projects is even close to being finished well, but I enjoyed sitting at my sewing machine and creating something useful.